Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,903,589 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($968,500). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Delta Research & Educational Foundation does
Mission
The delta research and educational foundation (dref) identifies issues affecting black women, their families, and communities of the african diaspora globally, and creates solutions through research, programming, and funding in support of charitable and educational programs of delta sigma theta sorority, inc. And other collaborative organizations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Chapter grants and technical assistance - to seek funds to support and strengthen the programs of delta sigma theta sorority inc.; support organizations whose initiatives are consistent with the sorority's programmatic thrust; promote research that is pivotal in resolving critical issues affecting african american women and their families; and receive and distribute charitable contributions for public service and scholarship programs.
$2,059,796 spentof which $1,762,610 as grants56% of program spendingNational institute of health - grant to conduct proactive outreach in the african american community as part of a national nih health initiative entitled: "research matters: creating possibilities to achieve health & wellness for all of us." the ultimate objective of this major initiative is to engage and enroll african americans in the nih national registry to participate in clinical trials resulting in precision medicine that addresses chronic illnesses and diseases in the african american community.
$1,398,257 spent38% of program spendingCenter for research on african american women - the center engages in research-oriented projects that examine the lives of african-american women in the areas of education, economics, and health in the united states and abroad. The center publishes phillis, a biennial scholarly publication, named in the honor of phillis wheatley, the first african-american person to publish in the united states. Other program areas of the center include:the vivian ware research fellowshipthe stephanie tubbs jones summer internshipthe stephanie tubbs jones social justice institute annual forum
$130,057 spent4% of program spendingYouth and risk reduction - the delta student enrichment program (dsep) is a 12-month afterschool and summer-bridge program established to provide data-informed, prevention-based activities and events that promote a positive outcome in several interrelated areas: (a) academic performance, (b) social-emotional development, (c) risk prevention related to crime, drugs, and sexual activity, (d) health and wellness, and (e) parental and community involvement. The program aims to serve primarily low-income families in the liberty road corridor of baltimore county by providing relevant innovative activities and services at no cost to participants. The program includes targeted activities (e.g. Subject area tutoring) and broad activities (book club, steam projects, gardening, recreation and sports) as well parent interactive workshops, virtually and in person. The program addresses social-emotional development, risk prevention, health, and wellness via age-appropriate lessons, small group discussions, and presentations.
$102,705 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,690,815.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.8M to $8.9M (+30%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2018 8% · 2019 12% · 2020 22% · 2021 32% · 2022 23% · 2023 32% · 2024 27% · 2025 34%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Karla Green
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $259k → $460k.
23 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $300k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Grand Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 85% · 2019 42% · 2020 69% · 2021 52% · 2022 51% · 2023 33% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
36% of DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 20 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 543 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 543 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $614k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$614k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 28 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,903,589 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($968,500). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $2,903,589 in grants to DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $968,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DELTA RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 72 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing